flatten
verb (used with object)
to make flat.
are flattening
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present progressiveof flatten.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Regarding artificial intelligence, Slok notes that adoption rates are flattening out and that, outside of this tech subsector, U.S. corporate capital expenditures are not growing at all.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
But troops have not followed that up with any kind of sustained armored invasion, which is necessary to hold the territory they are flattening, military officials say.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2022
But such bets are proliferating almost everywhere, rate-sensitive short-dated bond yields are rising and bond curves are flattening -- the U.S. 2-10 curve for instance has flattened 12 bps in a week.
From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2021
Income growth and consumer spending, which surged last year thanks to giant government transfer payments, are flattening out.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
The musical results of bad breathing are flattening and a hurrying of the time; hence the importance of the matter.
From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen
